Persona 5 Analysis - Brilliant but Flawed

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Welcome to my Persona 5 Analysis! Persona 5 is the most popular game in the series and in this Persona 5 Analysis, I'm going to be reviewing Persona 5. There will be story spoilers in this Persona 5 Review for Persona 4 and Persona 3 because I compare them to Persona 5. Persona 5 Brilliant but Flawed is just my own opinion on Persona 5. If you disagree with me, that's okay. This Persona 5 analysis is a follow-up to my Persona 4 analysis, so make sure you watch that as well. Persona 5 brilliant but flawed is the best video I've made.

0:00 Opening
3:23 Persona 5 Introduction.
10:37 Core Gameplay Analysis & Critique.
32:57 Confidants.
1:23:46 Narrative Structure Critique & Party Member Analysis
1:47:33 Persona 5's Plot & Themes.
2:02:20 Third Semester Analysis.
2:14:51 Conclusion.
2:17:46 Outro & Patreon Credits!



Well, this is it. Out of all the games I’ve covered for this channel so far, Persona 5 is by far the most requested one and for good reason too. When the game first launched back in late 2016 in Japan and April of 2017 for us western players, the game received overwhelming praise from both critics and fans alike. People were aware of Persona 4, everyone played Persona 5 when it came out. This combined with the inclusion of Persona 5’s protagonist, Joker, in the long-running Super Smash bros franchise, helped fully bring the Persona series into the mainstream. The momentum didn’t stop with that either. Much like Persona 4, P5 also received a handful of spinoff titles, a manga run, a bad anime, and multiple stage plays that I still really want to see.